Genesis 1:4 - English Standard Version 2016

⁴ And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And God saw that the light was good (suitable, pleasant) and He approved it; and God separated the light from the darkness. [II Cor. 4:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

Common English Bible

⁴ God saw how good the light was. God separated the light from the darkness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ And God saw the light, that it was good; and so he divided the light from the darknesses.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ And God saw the light that it was good; and he divided the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:4 Cross References

Genesis 1:10

God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:12

The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:18

to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:25

And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:31

And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Psalm 145:10

All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord, and all your saints shall bless you!

Psalm 145:9

The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.

Ecclesiastes 11:7

Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:13

Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness.

Isaiah 45:7

I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the Lord, who does all these things.